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Ruling in favor of King County and the Cascade Bicycle Club, the Growth Management Hearings Board determined that Ordinance 951 was in violation of federal, state and county trail development safety standards. The board decided that the Burke-Gilman Trail, which links Seattle to the Eastside around the north end of Lake Washington, is an "essential regional public facility" for recreation and transportation. The board ruled, "A municipality cannot deny the construction or reconstruction of such a facility".

King County has been working to widen and improve the heavily used two-mile section of the trail through Lake Forest Park, however in November 2006, the Lake Forest Park City Council adopted an ordinance that put conditions on development and reserved the right to deny King County a permit to redevelop the trail.

This trail redevelopment project will address the oldest section of King County's trail network - approximately two miles of the Burke Gilman Trail through Lake Forest Park from NE 145th Street to Log Boom Park. The trail's width would be expanded from its current 10 feet, with minimal shoulders, to about 18 feet, including larger shoulders that would help separate walkers and joggers from bicyclists and others on wheels. Redevelopment of the trail addresses issues ranging from impaired sightlines and inadequate signage to cracks in the pavement-all of which are problematic for cyclists, drivers, pedestrians, adjacent homeowners, and other users. For more information you can visit the Burke Gilman Proejct website.